Excellent work, taxonomists.
Gaga is a group of 19 fern species named after Lady Gaga.
Duke University scientists were inspired after seeing Lady Gaga wear this outfit, which looks like part of a fern called the gametophyte, at the Grammy Awards in 2010.
Each species has its own name, including Gaga germanotta, named after Gaga's family, and Gaga monstraparva, which translates to "little monster". "We wanted to name this genus for Lady Gaga because of her fervent defense of equality and individual expression," said biologist Kathleen Pryer. Read the paper.
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Nepenthes "Helen" is a meat-eating jungle plant named after Helen Mirren.
Borneo Exotics named a new nepenthes cultivar nepenthes "Helen" during the Chelsea Flower Show in 2011.
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